项目名称： UChicago Medicine Crown Point医疗中心

地点： 印第安纳州克朗波因特市，美国

设计团队： Perkins&Will

项目面积： 12264㎡

竣工时间： 2024年

摄影： Mark Herboth

设计特色：

项目 – Perkins&Will建筑事务所在印第安纳州克朗波因特市完成了一座132000平方英尺的医疗设施，通过将微型医院的功能性与草原风格的美学巧妙融合，重新定义了乡村医疗服务的提供方式。作为芝加哥大学医学中心最大的院外设施，该项目不仅解决了医疗资源匮乏地区对专科医疗的迫切需求，更为卫星医疗建筑树立了新标准。

这个设计源于一个引人深思的数据：此前有15%的印第安纳州西北部居民必须到区域外寻求医疗服务。为了改变这一现状，该设施在精心规划的空间内整合了八张短期住院床位、急诊部门、影像服务和专科治疗中心，在保证运营效率的同时不影响患者体验。

建筑外观通过预制混凝土的巧妙运用展现出独特的地域特色，刻意呼应印第安纳石灰岩的质地特征。随着自然光在一天中在表面的流动，立面呈现出动态变化的效果，与周围的草原环境形成和谐对话。本土草原植物的融入和便于使用的绿地空间，将医疗设施转变为一个超越建筑本体的整体治疗环境。

室内设计中，双层挑高的大堂作为中心定位元素，裂纹白橡木和印第安纳石灰岩营造出温暖而稳重的氛围。室内采用了以自然为灵感的导向设计策略，不同科室通过借鉴当地野花、蝴蝶等动植物元素的色彩方案和图案加以区分。放射肿瘤科等候区的波浪图案屏风，以及连接中庭两层的云朵状悬挂艺术装置，都展现了医疗建筑如何在满足功能需求的同时，通过与场所和自然的联系创造促进愈合的空间。

团队 – Perkins&Will成立于1935年，由康奈尔大学校友Lawrence Perkins和Philip Will Jr.共同创立，现已发展成为全球最具影响力的建筑事务所之一，以其在可持续设计和以人为本的建筑方面的创新方法而闻名。自1986年成为Dar集团的子公司以来，该事务所已发展到拥有2600名专业人员的全球网络。

在管理合伙人Brad Hinthorne和设计总监Erik Mott等核心团队的领导下，事务所不断突破建筑卓越性的边界。他们的作品组合涵盖多样化的建筑类型，从获得美国建筑师协会二十五年奖的开创性项目Crow Island School，到现代地标性建筑如哈利法克斯中央图书馆和位于利雅得的诺拉公主大学等。

该事务所在可持续建筑方面的承诺通过其业内领先的LEED认证专业人员数量和超过100个LEED认证项目得到证实。他们的综合设计方法将前沿环境策略与因地制宜的解决方案相结合，在加州大学洛杉矶分校查尔斯·杨研究图书馆等LEED金级认证项目中得到充分体现。通过战略性收购Schmidt Hammer Lassen建筑事务所和Jason F. McLennan的公司等，Perkins&Will继续巩固其在可持续和社会责任建筑领域的领先地位。

Project Name: UChicago Medicine Crown Point Medical Center

Location: Crown Point, Indiana, United States

Design Team: Perkins&Will

Project Area: 132,000 sq ft

Completion: 2024

Photography: Mark Herboth

Managing Principal: Brad Hinthorne

Senior Project Manager: Jennifer Riddle Curley

Design Principal: Erik Mott

Technical Principal: Mark Walsh

Interior Design Director: Lara Leskaj

Medical Planning Principal: Marie Hensen

Landscape Design Director: Leo Alvarez

General Contractor: Walsh Construction Group

Structural Engineer: Magnusson Klemencic Associates

Developer: PMB

Feature：

Project - Perkins&Will has unveiled a 132,000-square-foot medical facility in Crown Point, Indiana, that reimagines rural healthcare delivery through a sophisticated fusion of micro-hospital functionality and prairie-inspired aesthetics. The facility serves as University of Chicago Medicine's largest off-site center, addressing the critical need for specialized medical care in underserved communities while establishing a new paradigm for satellite healthcare architecture.

The design responds to a compelling statistic: 15 percent of Northwest Indiana residents were previously forced to travel outside their region for medical services. Challenging this status quo, the facility integrates eight short-stay inpatient beds, an emergency department, imaging services, and specialized treatment centers within a meticulously organized footprint that prioritizes operational efficiency without compromising patient experience.

The building's exterior articulates a distinct regional identity through its sophisticated use of precast concrete, deliberately echoing the textural qualities of Indiana limestone. This materiality creates an ever-changing facade as natural light plays across its surface throughout the day, establishing a dynamic dialogue with its prairie setting. The integration of native prairie grasses and accessible green spaces transforms the medical facility into a holistic healing environment that extends beyond its walls.

Inside, the two-story lobby serves as a central orienting element, where rift white oak and Indiana limestone create a warm, grounding presence. The interior design employs a nature-inspired wayfinding strategy, with different departments distinguished by color schemes and graphics that reference local flora and fauna, from wildflowers to butterflies. This culminates in thoughtful details like a wave-pattern screen in the radiation oncology waiting area and a cloud-like suspended art installation that connects the atrium's two levels, demonstrating how healthcare architecture can simultaneously serve functional requirements while creating spaces that promote healing through connection to place and nature.

Design Team – Perkins&Will, established in 1935 by Cornell University alumni Lawrence Perkins and Philip Will Jr., has evolved into one of the world's most influential architectural practices, renowned for its innovative approach to sustainable design and human-centric architecture. Now a subsidiary of the Dar Group since 1986, the firm has grown to encompass 2,600 professionals across its global network.

Under the leadership of key principals including Brad Hinthorne as Managing Principal and Erik Mott as Design Principal, the practice has consistently pushed the boundaries of architectural excellence. Their portfolio spans diverse typologies, from the groundbreaking Crow Island School, which earned the AIA Twenty-five Year Award, to contemporary landmarks like the Halifax Central Library and the sophisticated Princess Nourah Bint Abdul Rahman University in Riyadh.

The firm's commitment to sustainable architecture is evidenced by their industry-leading number of LEED-accredited professionals and over 100 LEED-certified projects. Their integrated design approach combines cutting-edge environmental strategies with context-responsive solutions, exemplified in projects like the LEED Gold-certified Charles E. Young Research Library at UCLA. Through strategic acquisitions of practices like Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects and Jason F. McLennan's firm, Perkins&Will continues to strengthen its position at the forefront of sustainable and socially responsible architecture.